Turkish Hackers Deface French MP's Web Site

Valerie Boyer's site was defaced in retaliation for her authoring of a bill that criminalizes the public denial of the Armenian Genocide.

Posted December 27, 2011

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Members of a Turkish hacker collective recently defaced the Web site for Valerie Boyer, a member of the French parliament, in retaliation for her authoring a bill that criminalizes the public denial of the Armenian Genocide.

"The attack on Boyer’s site comes after a few days ago the French National Assembly passed a bill that refers to the criminalization of anyone who publicly denies the Armenian Genocide," Kovacs writes. "The proposed law caused a lot of controversy and Turkey even recalled its ambassador from France."